What spirit is so empty and blind that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? - Michelangelo Why is the Mom in this family picture smiling? Oh, I know. The Dad is wearing shoes. Old Photo Album But my mother was also smiling in our family photo. All three of us look about the same age as this family. Mama said she explicitly told Papa that day long ago that we would sit for a family portrait so we were to don something formal. But lo and behold Papa came in flip flops! Mama wasn't very happy about it. She still placed our picture neatly in the family album though. Family is family, slippers or stilettos. What is unknown to me, besides the identity of this family, is how Father (rest in peace, Pap) ended up in the photo studio wearing slippers when he wore shoes virtually all the time. In fact we only saw him wearing slippers during his retirement. Ah well, so much for shoes. I have ...
Beautiful! They make a great landscape!
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ReplyDeleteTo be surrounded by such colour and beauty must be a joy.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
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ReplyDeleteBodacious and beautiful!
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Beautiful Brilliant Bougainvillea!
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Bougainvillea is a common plant here in California, but have never seen the white one here.
ReplyDeleteHere the white ones are as common as the other colors.
DeleteOh they are so beautiful. I think I'll plant one in a pot and see if I can keep it alive.
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Ah.. This was a sight for sore eyes. So many beauties! Thank you for sharing :)
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